#latina poetry

[pattytacuri]

poetry: death to the season of fuckbois

I wrote this poem in November of 2019. “psychopathic, don’t be so dramatic, we had magic, but you made it tragic”- Conan Gray He comes with false promises of respectand easy and uncomplicated lustHe promises to never hurt youbut it’s all a game to get for him to get laidHe just wants to you use you for a hit and runOnce he’s done with youHe’ll discard you like trashHe’ll never see you as a…

[ineffable-xenanigans]

Coetus sunt, non separant

They are a set, do not separate

Angelus, daemonium Inimici ab origine Fatum vinculum Etiam Deus non potest dissolvere

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Angel, demon Hereditary enemies A bond of destiny Not even God can dissolve

My extremely late contribution to week 12 of the Ineffable Prompt-A-Thon by @ineffablyruined is a stained glass window featuring our favorite (un)holy beings. Well, not just my contribution, since that beautiful Latin poem was written by the wonderful @snognes. Thank you so much, you literal angel on earth, I'm forever in your debt 🥰

In terms of references, I used a real-life window, from the real-life location where they shot the 1941 church scene! More info a bit later, just click on Keep reading 😇😈

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Art: @snognes @good-omens-gallery

Reference image

Thanks to this post by @fuckyeahgoodomens, I found out that the 1941 church scene was filmed in the St. Saviour's Anglican Church in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. Lucky for us, they have a website with a gallery page, which includes many of their beautiful stained glass windows, including this one:

Source: stsaviours.weebly.com/uploads/8/5/8/8/8588473/img-5206_orig.jpg

PS: I actually did go through the trouble of drawing all the intricate stonework around the glass panes; in fact, that’s the very first thing I did! But honestly, I’ve been working on this piece for so long that at this point I just wanted to get it over with and didn't feel like doing all that additional color and shading work... so black void it is lol.

I might revisit this at a later date and perhaps do a little gif or something of like, the sun shining through in different way over the course of a day...

[beluosus]

there is something to ghosts ; death does not finish everything a ghastly shade flees the extinguished pyre

—Propertius, IV.7.1-2

[lionofchaeronea]

You wandering and winsome little soul, The body's guest and its companion too, Into what places now will you depart? You pale and stiff and naked little thing, You won't make jokes the way you're wont to do. Animula vagula blandula Hospes comesque corporis Quae nunc abibis in loca? Pallidula rigida nudula Nec ut soles dabis iocos. --The dying poem of the Roman emperor Hadrian, cited in the "Vita Hadriani" of the Historia Augusta

[thediamonddove]

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[thisgeisha]

“LISTA” the alternate dance video with some-never-before seen footage OUT NOW! 💃🏻🕺🏻

Artist: Me! 👋🏼 (Nikki Lorenzo)

Directed by Bianca Poletti

Choreography by Matilda Sakamoto

Edited by Nina Sacharow

[trogo-auto-egocratico]

Sólo buscaba un lugar más o menos propicio para vivir, quiero decir, un sitio pequeño donde cantar y poder llorar tranquila a veces. En verdad no quería una casa, sólo quería un jardín.

Alejandra Pizarnik.

[lonewolfffie]

[inkedwingss]

new formats bc im thinking insta what do u think also, face reveal below

hello beloveds

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[falchionier]

Latin Poetry Composition for the Autodidact

The other day, a mutual mentioned on a post about wanting to learn poetry. There really is a dearth of resources for it, and I think we actually miss out on much of the poetry we love by not being able to write it ourselves.

Before we start I want to say that this is now how I did it. I’m a Latin teacher who uses spoken Latin 6 class periods per day, every day. When I’m not speaking it, I’m also writing and listening to it. The amount of input and practice producing and internalizing the natural rhythms of Latin I have as a professional is not something everyone can do and puts a big asterisk next to any advice I give.

 I think my other disclaimer is just that this is a recommendation (albeit one based on my experience and training as a Latin teacher). Don’t feel like you “aren’t allowed” to write hendecasyllables if you have no interest in hexameters.

How to physically create a poem I really recommend pen and paper. Sometimes I’ll write out just the basic idea images or themes and then versify it. Other times I get a nice sounding bit and try to build around it. It’s a very non linear process so don’t feel like you have to start at the beginning or the end. Just try to find a foothold somewhere and grow out from there. For me it involves a lot of trial and error. Usually my first goal is to get something that fits the meter. Then, I ask if it sounds good. Then I ask if it’s artistically what I’m looking for. Lots of writing, scanning, and looking for words that fit the meter, rescanning, ita porro.

 I really don’t recommend writing too much English if you can help it. If you can say what you want in English, there’s no need to obscure it with Latin! To that end, if you’re really new to Latin composition, I’d start with prose and getting good at internalizing styles and tones.

More than anything, have fun! Don’t feel like you are required to complete a textbook or do certain drills in a certain order before you get into the poetry you want to write. Let the Muse sing to you!

Really all you need to get started is this or this and an idea. With practice youll be ready for more stuff and then can reference the materials ive posted.

Table of Contents: (follow the links to the different guides)

1, Prose, or getting started writing in Latin

2, Haikus

3, Hexameter

4, Elegiac Couplets

5, Hendecasyllables and Reading Poetry

6, Explanations of some of the more complicated rules and links to important resources, tutorials, and practice drills

[pattytacuri]

poetry: it ends with me

I wrote this poem in October of 2023. me at night of spite in October of 2023 I come from a line of women woman who were never affordedthe privilege of telling their stories and speaking out their truthsthey simply accommodated and according to the expectationsfrom their parents and husbandsthey had no choice but to shut up, obey, breed, and staylike docile animals whose spirits are beaten out…

[jeszy-speakz]

is it hard to try, just because its easier to see me cry? is this just a lack of communication, or are we just not making connection? can silence be the key to unlock your thoughts, or is this just going to be mirror talk?

[beluosus]

reliqua desunt

[lionofchaeronea]

Death of a Charioteer

Martial, Epigrams X.53

I am the famous Scorpus, glory of the shout-filled Circus, Source of your clapping, Rome, and your brief delight; Envious Lachesis snatched me away at twenty-seven-- Counting my victories, she thought me elderly.

Ille ego sum Scorpus, clamosi gloria Circi, Plausus, Roma, tui deliciaeque breves, Invida quem Lachesis raptum trieteride nona, Dum numerat palmas, credidit esse senem.

Mosaic depicting a charioteer of the albata (White) faction, one of the four factions that dominated Roman chariot racing, with his horse. Artist unknown; 1st half of 3rd cent. CE. From the Villa dei Severi, Baccano; now in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.

[thisgeisha]

Trailer for my song that’s out now, “LISTA” 🎶

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